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The Platform Arts Hub announced next month’s exhibition, Youth Textures of One. The committee hopes to feature as many Blayney Shire students as possible. Submission forms and information packs are available on the Platform Arts Hub Facebook page. Join our friendly Craft, Cuppa and Chat Group. Bring your own projects to work on or get involved in needlework, knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, learn something new or just come for a cup of tea and chat. However, a unanimous decision of the participants was taken to change the day. The Craft, Cuppa and Chat group will now be held Tuesdays from 10am to 1pm … except the first Tuesday of each month, which is for Millthorpe CWA branch meetings. Held at the newly renovated CWA Millthorpe Hall, 21 Pym Street. $ 2.50 The Corner Store Gallery is a small, independent space that exhibits a diverse range of emerging and established artists specializing in a variety of mediums. The gallery’s next exhibition will feature Tim WInters’ Ridgeline, the artist’s first solo show in six years, which explores the nature of memory and place. From May 19 to 29. An exhibition of contemporary Australian works will follow. From June 2 to 19. Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 382 Summer Street, Orange. A series of pastel works by Fiona Kent capturing the unique brightness and vastness of the wilderness of the Australian landscape, with an emphasis on the regional areas of NSW. Until June 12 at Peisley St Gallery, 54 Peisley Street, Orange. Come meet the local producers and taste their fresh seasonal products. Cordials shop, free-range chickens; eggs, meat, gourmet pies, honey, jams, mustards, plants, shrubs, flowers, fresh fruits and vegetables are only part of the products on sale. Organized by the Bathurst Lions Club at the Bathurst Exhibition Center. May 22, 8 a.m. to noon. The Sydney Comedy Festival showcase will showcase the crème de la crème of the 2021 Festival in Bathurst on June 5th. With some of the Festival’s hottest artists performing live on stage for two incredible hours of hard-hitting laughter. Bathurst Memorial Entertaiment Center, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets $ 25- $ 35 via www.bmec.com.au. Music mavericks Ensemble Offspring will perform at the Orange Regional Conservatorium on May 30, bringing together some of Australia’s most innovative instrumentalists. The performance will revisit classics from the 90s alongside five new controls, as well as the use of video. Tickets www.eventbrite.com.au. Held on the third Sunday of the month, the Blayney Rotary Market offers a range of stalls featuring seasonal fruits, vegetables, local produce, plants, flowers, jewelry, crafts, accessories, candles, beauty products and more. The next markets will be on Sunday June 20 from 8:30 am to noon at CentrePoint. The mushrooms are out and the hunt is on. Yum! You can try spotting them in the wild yourself (be careful not to pick something deadly) or join a tour that begins in Hampton. Tickets include a barbecue lunch (with mushrooms on the menus, of course) and tips on finding, preparing, and storing mushrooms. To reserve a spot, visit eventbrite.com.au. This unique workshop will combine teaching astrophotography with learning about the night sky through Indigenous Dreamtime storytelling. It is aimed at beginners to intermediates on the photography skill scale. After breaking through the Milky Way and beyond, you can warm up with some bush tucker. July 10, August 7, September 4, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Cost $ 325. Reservations at www.littleimageco.com.au. Orange.

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Arts Hub Platform

Come in now

The Platform Arts Hub announced next month’s exhibition, Youth Textures of One. The committee hopes to feature as many Blayney Shire students as possible. Submission forms and information packs are available on the Platform Arts Hub Facebook page.

Cup of tea ?: Crafts, cup of tea and chat, and a larger morning tea event

Crafts and Cuppa

Join to

Join our friendly Craft, Cuppa and Chat Group. Bring your own projects to work on or get involved in needlework, knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, learn something new or just come for a cup of tea and chat. However, a unanimous decision of the participants was taken to change the day. The Craft, Cuppa and Chat group will now take place on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. … except the first Tuesday of each month, which is for the meetings of the CWA subsidiary in Millthorpe. Held at the newly renovated CWA Millthorpe Hall, 21 Pym Street. $ 2.50

Corner Store Gallery: works from contemporary Australia will be exhibited.

Corner store gallery

Exhibitions

The Corner Store Gallery is a small, independent space that exhibits a wide range of emerging and established artists specializing in a variety of mediums. The gallery’s next exhibition will feature Tim WInters’ Ridgeline, the artist’s first solo show in six years, which explores the nature of memory and place. From May 19 to 29. An exhibition of contemporary Australian works will follow. From June 2 to 19. Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 382 Summer Street, Orange.

Wildscapes: The work of artist Fiona Kent.

Wild landscapes

In the car

A series of pastel works by Fiona Kent capturing the unique brightness and vastness of the wilderness of the Australian landscape, with an emphasis on the regional areas of NSW. Until June 12 at Peisley St Gallery, 54 Peisley Street, Orange.

Bathurst Farmers Markets

This weekend

Come meet the local producers and taste their fresh seasonal products. Boutique cordials, free range chickens; eggs, meat, gourmet pies, honey, jams, mustards, plants, shrubs, flowers, fresh fruits and vegetables are only part of the products on sale. Organized by the Bathurst Lions Club at the Bathurst Exhibition Center. May 22, 8 a.m. to noon.

Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase: Tickle that funny bone.

Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase

In the newspaper

The Sydney Comedy Festival showcase will showcase the crème de la crème of the 2021 Festival in Bathurst on June 5th. With some of the Festival’s hottest performers live on stage for two incredible hours of hard-hitting laughter. Bathurst Memorial Entertaiment Center, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets from $ 25 to $ 35 up to www.bmec.com.au.

Offspring Ensemble: brings together some of Australia’s most innovative instrumentalists

Offspring of the set

Musical performance

Music mavericks Ensemble Offspring will perform at the Orange Regional Conservatorium on May 30, bringing together some of Australia’s most innovative instrumentalists. The performance will revisit classics from the 90s alongside five new controls, as well as the use of video. Tickets www.eventbrite.com.au.

Markets: There is always fresh produce for sale in the local markets.

Blayney Rotary Markets

Next month

Held on the third Sunday of the month, the Blayney Rotary Market offers a range of stalls featuring seasonal fruits, vegetables, local produce, plants, flowers, jewelry, crafts, accessories, candles, beauty products and more. The next markets will be on Sunday June 20 from 8:30 am to noon at CentrePoint.

Mushroom hunting

Travel by car

The mushrooms are out and the hunt is on. Yum! You can try to spot them in the wild yourself (be careful not to pick something deadly) or join a tour that begins in Hampton. Tickets include a barbecue lunch (with mushrooms on the menus, of course) and tips on finding, preparing, and storing mushrooms. To reserve a spot, visit eventbrite.com.au.

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY: Book now for this mix of snapshots and Dreamtime storytelling.

Astro + Dreamtime

In the calendar

This unique workshop will combine teaching astrophotography with learning about the night sky through Indigenous Dreamtime storytelling. It is aimed at beginners to intermediates on the photography skill scale. After breaking through the Milky Way and beyond, you can warm up with some bush tucker. July 10, August 7, September 4, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Cost $ 325. Reservations at www.littleimageco.com.au. Orange.